Design for a woman's costume in the ballet La Foire de Sorotchinsky
Costume Design
ca. 1940 (designed)
ca. 1940 (designed)
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A drawing of a woman in orange head-dress with red and green ribbons wearing a white blouse embroidered with red geometrical pattern, brown waistcoat with wavy white pattern around the edges, red skirt with green and red geometrical pattern, embroidered petticoat, apron with rows of red and white triangles, orange belt scarf and black boots. Orange and red beads.
Object details
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| Title | Design for a woman's costume in the ballet <i>La Foire de Sorotchinsky</i> (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolours and body-colours |
| Brief description | Design for a woman's costume in the ballet La Foire de Sorotchinsky by Natalia Goncharova; ca. 1940. |
| Physical description | A drawing of a woman in orange head-dress with red and green ribbons wearing a white blouse embroidered with red geometrical pattern, brown waistcoat with wavy white pattern around the edges, red skirt with green and red geometrical pattern, embroidered petticoat, apron with rows of red and white triangles, orange belt scarf and black boots. Orange and red beads. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Object history | This costume design was created for an adaptation for ballet of Mussorgsky's opera based on the story by Gogol. The earliest version with décor and costumes by Goncharova was staged at the Théâtre des Champ-Élysées in 1926. This drawing is for a later production given by the Ballets Russes de Paris at the Salle Pleyel, Paris in August 1940. Purchased from the artist in 1961. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 29, cat. 98.
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| Accession number | E.318-1961 |
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| Record created | February 17, 2009 |
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